16 Best Restaurants in Around Road Town, Tortola

At this Brandywine Bay restaurant, candlelit outdoor tables have sweeping views of nearby islands. The menu has a Mediterranean bistro flair but changes often; you might find grilled local kingfish or a classic paella. Or, just graze on the extensive selection of tapas. 

Stop by this casual, authentic Italian outdoor café for an espresso, gelato, a fresh pastry, a bowl of perfectly cooked pasta, or a crispy tomato-and-mozzarella pizza.

Watch the world go by with a passion-fruit mojito and a platter of coconut shrimp or crispy tamarind wings as you mingle with locals and visitors in a social environment and the friendliest service in town. The menu offers something for everyone, with lobster and daily fresh fish specials, as well as standard pub fare like shepherd's pie and fish-and-chips. Live music, darts tournaments, and trivia nights keep the atmosphere lively on weeknights and weekends.

Located at the entrance to Nanny Cay, this sports bar attracts expats, locals, and sailors with its promise to have "the second-best burger on the island," underlining the eatery's irreverent tone (we never found out who has the best!). Hot wings, pizza, ribs, and burgers are on the menu, and most people come to watch the game on the big-screen TVs. A children's play area reflects a surprisingly family-friendly atmosphere. There is an upstairs nightclub occasionally featuring live music and dancing.

This reopened Road Town institution is a restaurant and lounge where you will find Asian fusion and gastropub fare and craft cocktails with local ingredients. Get comfy in the romantic dark wood dining room downstairs and start out with the tuna carpaccio with coconut chili and lime, then move onto the tamarind chicken. In the hip upstairs lounge, try the spicy sriracha-enhanced Dragonfries while sipping on a gin and tonic featuring local island gin.

Located in the historic Customs House, Island Roots is part café, part bookstore, and part art gallery. You can order sandwiches, salads, espresso, or smoothies from the counter and browse unique artwork and historic prints while waiting for your meal. Breakfast is served until 3 pm on Saturday—from classic English morning fare to the island favorite ackee and saltfish. Daily soup specials include spicy Thai, split pea, and mulligatawny. There are additional locations at Nanny Cay Marina and The Moorings.

Put on your biggest floppy hat and join the lunching ladies at this airy restaurant and coffee shop, where hyper-local, farm-to-table ingredients take center stage. The standouts from the rotating menu—prepared by chef-owner Portia Harrigan—include velvety pumpkin soup, fish croquettes, gourmet burgers, an elevated grilled cheese with aged cheddar, and sun-dried-tomato pesto, or build-your-own Caribbean jasmine rice bowls with calypso or chimichurri sauces. The comfy, shabby-chic interior and pretty garden out front invite you to linger. 

When the cruise ships are in, this comfortable, breezy space just off the cruise pier—bearing little resemblance to its sister establishment on Tortola's North Shore—gets high-spirited with tourists drinking Painkillers; without the ships, it's a calm, chill oasis in the pier park where locals congregate for happy hour on weeknights after shopping near the pier. Expect a surprising menu featuring burgers, tacos, and the only authentic Buffalo wings in the BVI. 

The central gathering space for Nanny Cay's fresh-off-the-yacht crowd is now a day-to-night fusion of Omar's first two locations in West End, from its lavish breakfast offerings in the morning—omelets, pancakes, eggs Benedict, and chicken and waffles—to authentic Indian curries and sophisticated specialty cocktails at night. Friday happy hour features $5 rum punches and Painkillers.

This friendly, unassuming spot is one of the oldest and best sushi joints still open in the BVI, with competitive prices. Make sure to start with one of the luscious appetizers like chicken gyoza and veggie spring rolls, followed by rolls like the Mango Dragon (with prawn tempura, cucumber, and mayo topped with mango) or the Jazz Maki (with prawn tempura, avocado, and mango rolled in crunchy tanuki); or opt for the seared tuna with seaweed salad or the spicy sashimi platter. Ramen and chow mein dishes are also on offer. The atmosphere has improved in recent years, with a tiny, intimate garden seating area, though you will have to cope with traffic noise from Waterfront Drive.

Take in views of Sir Francis Drake Channel and sidle up to the outdoor beach bar to hear yachties swap sea stories at this mariner-friendly eatery, or snag a table on the sand for dinner. Two separate menus are available, one with burgers and pizzas and another with pasta dishes and daily fresh seafood entrées. Every spring, Peg Legs holds the after parties for the annual BVI Spring Regatta on Nanny Cay.

Hamburgers, salads, and sandwiches are typical lunch offerings at this Road Town eatery with a harbor view, along with classic British fare such as shepherd's pie and fish-and-chips. In the evening you can get your Anegada lobster grilled or jerked, and choose from entrées like Cajun lamb chops or fried grouper.

Almost everyone who visits Tortola stops here at least once to have a bite and to sample the famous Painkiller, made with Pusser's Royal Navy rum, pineapple and orange juices, and cream of coconut. The predictable menu includes pizza, shepherd's pie, fish-and-chips, burgers, and occasional seafood specials. Dine inside in air-conditioned comfort or outside on the veranda, which looks out on the harbor. There's a second location at Soper's Hole in West End.

An oasis of calm awaits you in SushiBar's lush, enchantingly landscaped outdoor patio area—it's the place to go in the busy heart of Road Town for sushi, sashimi, ramen, and other Asian-inspired offerings. Signature rolls include a lobster roll and a hurricane roll with salmon, tuna, and crab.

Docked sailboats stretch nearly as far as the eye can see at this busy Road Town marina restaurant. The alfresco dining and convivial atmosphere make it popular with both locals and visitors. Menu offerings include burgers, pizza, wings, ribs, and rib-eye steaks; there's also a popular weekday salad bar.

Quietly tucked into a corner on Road Town's waterfront, the Watering Hole is an oasis amidst the jungle of concrete government buildings and banks in downtown Road Town. South African wine and local and imported beer—along with espresso, Wi-Fi, and light fare like pizza, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, and a new tapas menu—make this a popular lunch spot for Road Town professionals and charter-yacht crews. The after-work crowd is also drawn in with weeknight build-your-own pizza and burger specials and live sports screenings. There is live music on Saturday.